60 ANNUAL MEETING. 



Publication t 



E. S. ATWOOD. JAMBS A. EMMERTON. EDWIN C. BOLLES. 



J. S. KINGSLEY. T. F. HUNT. 



Lecture i 



ROBERT S. RANTOUL. FREDERICK W. PUTNAM. A. L. GOODRICH. 



FIELDER ISRAEL. WM. NEILSON. 



Field Meeting * 



The SECRETARY, Chairman ex off. 



GEORGE COGSWELL, Bradford. FRANCIS H. APPLETON, Peabody. 



GEOUGE A. PERKINS, Salem. N. A. HORTON, Salem. 



E. N. WALTON, Salem. FRANK K. KIMBALL, Salem. 



CLARENCE MURPHY, Salem. W. S. NEVINS, Salem. 



GEO. A. BATES, Salem. JOHN H. SEARS, Salem. 



Mr. Rantoul, in behalf of a committee of the directors, 

 submitted the following changes in the by-laws for adop- 

 tion at this meeting, the same having been read and ap- 

 proved at a regular meeting held on Monday, May 2 : 



FIRST. It is recommended that article one of the present 

 by-laws be stricken out and that the following words be 

 substituted : 



ARTICLE I. MEMBERSHIP. 



Section 1. Any person may be elected a member, at 

 a regular meeting, by a majority vote of the members 

 present and voting, the name of such person having been 

 proposed in writing by two members at a previous meet- 

 ing. 



/Section 2. Any person not residing in the county of 

 Essex, who may be interested in the objects of the In- 

 stitute, or desirous of promoting its work, may be elected 

 a corresponding member at a regular meeting, by a ma- 

 jority vote of the members present and voting, upon the 

 nomination of the board of directors ; but corresponding 

 members shall not be eligible to office nor entitled to vote 

 nor liable to assessment. 



Section 3. Persons who have attained an eminent dis- 



